Investment in Empire : : British Railway and Steam Shipping Enterprise in India, 1825-1849 / / Daniel Thorner.
The subject of this work is the process by which steamship and railway lines for India were launched. These undertakings, particularly the railways, involved a large-scale investment of British capital in India. The terms under which this capital moved, and, more precisely, the struggle to secure th...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1950] ©1950 |
Year of Publication: | 1950 |
Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (198 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1. The Setting in Britain and in India -- 2. Steam Navigation to India: Rise of the P. & O. -- 3. From Steam Navigation to Steam Railways: R. M. Stephenson -- 4. The Ε.I.R. and Its Rivals in the Ganges Valley -- 5. The G.I.P. in the Bombay Deccan -- 6. The Struggle for the Guarantee, 1846–49 -- 7. The Guaranteed Interest Railway Contract: Private Enterprise at Public Risk -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | The subject of this work is the process by which steamship and railway lines for India were launched. These undertakings, particularly the railways, involved a large-scale investment of British capital in India. The terms under which this capital moved, and, more precisely, the struggle to secure these terms, form the heart of this study. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781512819038 9783110649680 9783110442526 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9781512819038 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Daniel Thorner. |